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William Dargan: 1799-1867
Fergus Mulligan
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Description for William Dargan: 1799-1867
Hardcover. Very good copy in near fine dustwrapper
. First edition signed by the author.
Dargan's career began in Wales on the Holyhead Road, working under the famous Scottish engineer, Thomas Telford. He went on to build roads, railways, canals and reservoirs, developed hotels and the resort towns of Bray and Portrush, laid out Belfast harbour, ran flax and thread mills and reclaimed vast tracts of farmland in Derry and Wexford. He operated canal boats and cross-channel steamers, constructed several canals and railways in England and in 1834 built Ireland's first railway from Dublin to Dun Laoghaire. There is hardly a town in Ireland untouched by William Dargan. Alone he funded and constructed the 1853 ... Read more
. First edition signed by the author.
Dargan's career began in Wales on the Holyhead Road, working under the famous Scottish engineer, Thomas Telford. He went on to build roads, railways, canals and reservoirs, developed hotels and the resort towns of Bray and Portrush, laid out Belfast harbour, ran flax and thread mills and reclaimed vast tracts of farmland in Derry and Wexford. He operated canal boats and cross-channel steamers, constructed several canals and railways in England and in 1834 built Ireland's first railway from Dublin to Dun Laoghaire. There is hardly a town in Ireland untouched by William Dargan. Alone he funded and constructed the 1853 ... Read more
Product Details
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
The Lilliput Press Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Dublin, Ireland
ISBN
9781843513957
SKU
KEX0303314
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Fergus Mulligan
Fergus Mulligan PhD is the author of several works of history and transport.
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